Community-Based Security Information Generator

Abstract

An enhanced wiki function is included for an Internet based community associated with financial markets. Shared resource objects created by members, as well as other content, can be integrated by a wiki editor—including with WYSIWYG functionality—into Wiki pages for ease of information dissemination.

1 . A method of presenting information to an online community comprising:
 providing a first topic which includes a first content made available for both review and content contributions by members of the online community;
 providing at least one web page which is adapted for presenting said first content to said online community and collecting opinions and contributions of content concerning said topic from said online community; 
 wherein said web page includes at least: 
 a first portion associated with collecting and presenting opinions concerning said topic posted by said members of the online community; 
 a second portion associated with collecting and presenting facts concerning said topic posted by said members of the online community; 
 and further wherein both said first portion and said second portion are editable by at least some selected members of said online community such that said first content is revisable by said members of said online community. 
   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said topic is a security, a commodity or other publicly traded investment. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said selected members are selected by reference to meeting a length of membership criterion. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said selected members are selected by reference to meeting a trust criterion. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said first portion and second portions present said opinions and content in a non-linear form. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein proposed changes to said first content are first quarantined or sequestered for review by said selected members prior to modifying said first content. 
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein said proposed changes are identified to said online community for consideration and review. 
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 7  wherein said entire online community is permitted to vote on an opinion on whether to include said proposed changes. 
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein information posted in said second portion is given an identifier to define its status as factual information. 
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 1 , where said facts posted in said second portion are correlated with a date associated with one or more events. 
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein said events and dates are overlaid on a chart associated with said topic. 
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein said chart is a graphical price-time chart for a security, commodity, or other financial instrument. 
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein information posted in said first portion is organized and sorted such that more recent opinions are identified first. 
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein opinions older than a predetermined time are identified with a time status indicator. 
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein changes to said opinions are identified with a change status indicator and optional time stamp. 
   
   
       16 . A method of generating a Wiki web page comprising:
 a. providing a first type of content within a Wiki portion of a web page that can be altered manually by at least some members of an online community;   b. providing a second type of content within the Wiki portion of the web page that is updated in response to an automated variable data source.   
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein said second type of content is a resource object shared by a plurality of Wiki web pages. 
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 16  wherein said resource object is updated automatically by a computer software routine. 
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 17  wherein said resource object is updated manually by a human editor. 
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 17  wherein changes to said resource object are propagated automatically to said plurality of Wiki web pages. 
   
   
       21 . The method of  claim 17  wherein said resource object is automatically configured with a format suitable to each of said plurality of Wiki web pages. 
   
   
       22 . The method of  claim 16  wherein said resource object is graphical data uploaded by a member of the online community. 
   
   
       23 . The method of  claim 22  wherein said resource object includes a number of identifying tags. 
   
   
       24 . The method of  claim 16  wherein said resource object is structured data within a table provided by a member of the online community. 
   
   
       25 . The method of  claim 16  wherein said second type of content is updated based on a page refresh. 
   
   
       26 . The method of  claim 17  wherein said resource object is a semi-automated data source comprising a subsection or slice of an automated data source selected by a human editor. 
   
   
       27 . A method of generating a Wiki page comprising:
 a. providing one or more shared electronic resource objects accessible within said Wiki page, said shared resource objects including tags which can be associated with one or more separate Wiki pages;   b. processing an updated version of at least a first one of said one or more shared electronic resource objects;   c. providing an update routine configured to automatically render said updated version of said at least first one of said one or more shared resource objects to selected ones of said one more separate Wiki pages.   
   
   
       28 . The method of  claim 27  wherein said tags are generated automatically based on content of said shared resource object. 
   
   
       29 . The method of  claim 27  wherein at least some of said one or more separate Wiki pages are automatically updated in response to changes made to said one or more shared resource objects. 
   
   
       30 . A method of generating a Wiki page comprising:
 a. providing a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor for editing content on the Wiki web page;   b. providing one or more shared resource objects accessible within said WYSIWYG editor, said shared resource objects including tags which can be associated with one or more first Wiki pages;
 wherein changes to said one or more shared resource objects can be propagated and/or imported automatically to selected ones of said first Wiki pages. 
   c. said WYSIWYG editor providing a second type of content on the Wiki web page that is updated dynamically by a data source.   
   
   
       31 . The method of  claim 30  wherein WYSIWYG editor includes features and/or functions that can be selectively varied and enabled based on a context under which said editor is invoked. 
   
   
       32 . The method of  claim 31  wherein said context relates to a content of said Wiki web page, such that a first set of features/functions are enabled for a first class of content, and a second different set of features/functions are enabled for a second different class of content. 
   
   
       33 . The method of  claim 31  wherein said context relates to a status of a user invoking said editor, such that a first set of features/functions are enabled for a first class of user, and a second different set of features/functions are enabled for a second different class of user. 
   
   
       34 . The method of  claim 31  wherein said context relates to both a content of said Wiki web page and a status of a user invoking said editor, such that a first set of features/functions can be enabled for a first class of user editing a first type of content, and a second different set of features/functions can be enabled as needed for a second different class of user editing a second type of content. 
   
   
       35 . A method of generating content for a Wiki page comprising:
 a. providing a shared electronic resource object including at least shareable data and one or more tags;   b. integrating said shared resource object within a Wiki editor which is configured to create wiki content for a plurality of separate Wiki web pages;
 wherein said shared electronic resource object can be associated with a selected group of said plurality of separate Wiki web pages based on selecting said one or more tags and embedding said shared electronic resource object within a wiki content portion of said respective selected group of pages; 
   c. propagating and/or importing said shareable data to said selected group of pages so that data is shared and updated dynamically for viewers of said pages.   
   
   
       36 . A system for presenting information to an online community comprising:
 one or more software routines executing on a server computing device and which are configured:
 to provide a first topic which includes a first content made available for both review and content contributions by members of the online community; 
 to provide at least one web page which is adapted for presenting said first content to said online community and collecting opinions and contributions of content concerning said topic from said online community; 
 wherein said web page includes at least: 
 a first portion associated with collecting and presenting opinions concerning said topic posted by said members of the online community; 
 a second portion associated with collecting and presenting facts concerning said topic posted by said members of the online community; 
 and further wherein both said first portion and said second portion are editable by at least some selected members of said online community such that said first content is revisable by said members of said online community. 
   
   
   
       37 . A system for generating a Wiki web page comprising:
 one or more software routines executing on a server computing device and which are configured:   a. to provide a first type of content within a Wiki portion of a web page that can be altered manually by at least some members of an online community;   b. to provide a second type of content within the Wiki portion of the web page that is updated in response to an automated variable data source.   
   
   
       38 . A system for generating a Wiki page comprising:
 one or more software routines executing on a server computing device and which are configured:   a. to provide one or more shared electronic resource objects accessible within said Wiki page, said shared resource objects including tags which can be associated with one or more separate Wiki pages;   b. to automatically update selected ones of said one more separate   Wiki pages in response to changes made to said one or more shared resource objects.   
   
   
       39 . A system for generating a Wiki page comprising:
 one or more software routines executing on a server computing device and which are configured:   a. to provide a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor for editing content on the Wiki web page;   b. to provide one or more shared resource objects accessible within said WYSIWYG editor, said shared resource objects including tags which can be associated with one or more first Wiki pages;
 wherein changes to said one or more shared resource objects can be propagated and/or imported automatically to selected ones of said first Wiki pages. 
   c. said WYSIWYG editor providing a second type of content on the Wiki web page that is updated dynamically by a data source.   
   
   
       40 . A system for generating content for a Wiki page comprising:
 one or more software routines executing on a server computing device and which are configured:   a. to provide a shared electronic resource object including at least shareable data and one or more tags;   b. to integrate said shared resource object within a Wiki editor which is configured to create wiki content for a plurality of separate Wiki web pages;
 wherein said shared electronic resource object can be associated with a selected group of said plurality of separate Wiki web pages based on selecting said one or more tags and embedding said shared electronic resource object within a wiki content portion of said respective selected group of pages; 
   c. to propagate and/or import said shareable data to said selected group of pages so that data is shared and updated dynamically for viewers of said pages.